camping posse highlights in reverse order

day 4

capitol reef national park

another stamp in my national park passport book. that's why i look so excited :)

pool at the bottom of upper calf creek falls in grand staircase escalante national monument

upper calf creek falls, gsenm. this is about an 85 foot drop.

after the big dive. ashley, beth, sarah, seth (l-r)

the brink of upper calf creek falls and the location of the big dive.

into the canyon to upper calf creek falls

me, julia, ashley, beth, sarah, seth (l-r)

day 3

sarah. lookout on the trail at escalante petrified forest state park

camping posse all stars and some petrified wood

seth, me, sarah, beth, julia, ashley (l-r)

a reservoir whose name i forget. these are the sunniest skies we saw the entire weekend!

escalante petrified forest state park

day 2

we are amazing and resourceful. we found a way to put up a 10'x20' tarp in a place with few trees. this was the best idea ever.

at the very windy base of lower calf creek falls, gsenm. thanks to all of the extra rain, there was about 3 times as much water coming over the falls as usual. lucky us!

me, julia, ashley, sarah, seth, beth (l-r)

the perspective shot at lower calf creek falls. this waterfall is about 129 feet high.

sarah is happy, in spite of the rain.

day 1

this is me as a hobo.

on the first night (thursday), i camped up a dirt road with andrea and lyndsi (who later moved on to greener, drier pastures in st. george). we were worried about being able to find another campsite since it was the holiday weekend, so we left lyndsi's tent and andrea's sleeping bag at our original camp. dirt roads + rain=disaster, in case you didn't know. we found another campsite, but when it came time to retrieve the rest of our camping gear, my poor little car just could not make it up that muddy dirt road! we pulled off the side of the road about 2.5 miles down the hill from our original campsite. we started to hike up, when a couple of kind gentlemen from california stopped to see if we needed help. they gave me a ride up the hill to the campground, where i dismantled the tent and started to hike down the hill, juggling tent, sleeping bag, and pad. lucky for me, the elastic straps on the sleeping bag were completely stretched out, so i untied the knots that were in them, and converted a rolled up sleeping bag into this lovely hobo-style backpack. i met up with andrea and lyndsi just around the bend from the campsite, and we trudged back down the hill to my car. good times.